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About Meditation Sunshine Coast

Meditation Sunshine Coast was founded by ME – Michelle Eckles.:)

I began meditating during a particularly challenging period of my life but I didn’t find it easy to start with. I couldn’t sit still for more than five minutes or count to ten breaths and just didn’t feel like I was getting the full benefit or doing it “properly” using an app and trying to teach myself. Over the next few months and years I discovered various wonderful teachers and educators and began feeling and realising the benefits of a regular meditatio practise. I no longer went into a complete meltdown when faced with a challenge (even losing my day job thanks to COVID19) and felt more at peace, more focussed and more productive. I emerged with a passion and dedication to teaching the techniques of meditation to adults and teens, to give them a life skill and coping mechanism other than alcohol, drugs, self harm, eating and just being busy.

As a result of learning these methods, people become more present, aware and mindful, which in turn has endless benefits from learning to cope with stress and process emotions to increasing focus and creative abilities, being kinder, more thoughtful and less reactive. With ongoing practice they will find that they can handle change, loss and disappointment without so much anger and fear, enabling them to respond more appropriately and responsibly to the difficulties they may experience in their lives. Meditation isn’t just about breathing and relaxation, it’s a powerful life skill that if taught, especially at an early age, can increase well being, emotional intelligence and resilience – creating a ripple effect in our community and wider.

I live with my tween daughter, teen son, two ragdoll cats (one of which thinks he’s the Dalai Lama’s cat) and two guinea pigs.

Over the past few years I have taught the following meditation classes, programs and workshops:

Disclaimer

The information, exercises and meditations on this website and our meditation workshops, programs and classes are intended for general interest and use and not as therapy or treatment for any mental or physical condition.

Please seek the advice and services of a professional health practitioner for the treatment of any disorder or if you are at all concerned about your physical, mental or emotional wellbeing.